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EmPOWERED Scholars Alumni

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collage of EmPOWERED Scholars alumni
2022

Ayana Vicks-Jason | Major: Biology, Howard University (BD Scholarship Recipient)
Bria Nartey | Major: Political Science, Howard University (BD Scholarship Recipient)
Caleb Young | Major: Environment, Economics and Politics, Claremont McKenna College
Christina Pham | Major: Business Administration, De Anza College
Gabriela Nguena Jones | Major: Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University
Jaylah Dorman | Major: Health Education/Community Health, Howard University (BD Scholarship Recipient)
Perisa Ashar | Major: Biomedical Engineering/Computer Science, Duke University
Sofia Johnson | Major: Exercise Science, Florida Gulf Coast University
Tatiana Carter | Major: Biology and Human Performance, Howard University (BD Scholarship Recipient)

2021

Akshara Molleti | Major: Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Ash-Lee Marshall | Coppin State University (BD Scholarship Recipient)
Caitriona Greene | Major: Health, Behavior, & Society, University of Rochester
Joseph McCallister | Hampton University (BD Scholarship Recipient)
Lesley Lopez | Major: Biology, University of Houston Clear Lake
Madison Tate | Major: Biology, Howard University (Charlotte Mann Family Grant Recipient)
Melina Rodriguez | Major: Public Health, California State University - Los Angeles
Michaela Greenlee | Major: Global Public Health, New York University
Michaela Harris | Morgan State University (BD Scholarship Recipient)
Paige Blake | Bowie State University (BD Scholarship Recipient)

2020

Alana Barr | Georgia Tech
Denise Nguyen | Major: Public Health, California State University - Northridge
Diop Russell | Major: English, Spelman College
Katelyn France | Major: Pharmacy, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lady Dorothy Eli | Major: Public Health and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona
Lorena Melendez Chavez | Major: Nutrition and Dietetics, California State University - Northridge
Ngoc Vuong | Major: Psychology, Public Health and Economics, Wichita State University
Noun Abdelaziz | Major: Sociology and International Affairs, San Diego Miramar College
Presley LeGrande | Major: Neuroscience and Public Health, Santa Clara University
Sierra Williams-Mcleod | Major: Biochemistry and Biomedical Research, Hampton University

2018

Ahmed Arasah | Xavier University
Avery Nelson | Major: Public Policy, Pomona College
Dorysel Sandoval | Sweetwater High School, National City, CA
Esmeralda Ochoa | Major: Nursing, Chamberlain University
Jose Trinidad Muratella | Major: Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Michelle Ballasiotes | Major: Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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